Tag: Himalayas

Rellie Goddard On the 25th of April 2015, a Mw1 7.8 earthquake, known as Gorkha, ripped through the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) just 77 km north-west of the country’s capital, Kathmandu1. This event propagated a colossal 160 km to the east-south-east, killing 9000 people and resulting in 10 billion US dollars’ worth of damage. As the dust... Continue Reading →

Anna Bidgood This summer I spent a month working in the Indian Himalayas, looking at rocks that have been subducted to depths of 100 km beneath the surface of the earth. These rocks are known as Ultra-High-Pressure (UHP) rocks and contain minerals such as coesite (a high pressure form of quartz) and microdiamond, indicating that... Continue Reading →